CVE-2023-40597

HIGH

Splunk Enterprise <8.2.12, 9.0.6, 9.1.1 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-36 CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
splunk/splunk 9.1.0
splunk/splunk 8.2.0 - 8.2.12
splunk/splunk_cloud_platform < 9.0.2305.100
Published Aug 30, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026